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Plant Growth And Development

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Gibberellin was first extracted from

  • Gibberella fujikuro

  • algae

  • bacteria

  • roots of higher plants

Solution

A.

Gibberella fujikuro

Yabuta and Hayashi (1939) isolated an active substance from a fungus, Gibberella fujikuroi and called it gibberellin-A. It causes backane disease in rice seedlings.

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